# List of Stoke City F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

Stoke City F.C. is an English association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1863 as Stoke Ramblers F.C., and played their first competitive match in November 1883, when they entered the First Round of the 1883–84 FA Cup. In 1888 they joined the inaugural Football League thus becoming founding members. The club was renamed Stoke City F.C. in 1925, and they moved to Britannia Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 1000 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played between 25 and 99 matches (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

## List of players

* Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, Football Alliance, Birmingham & District League, Southern League, FA Cup, League Cup, League Trophy, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Anglo-Italian Cup, Birmingham League Cup, Full Members' Cup, United Counties League, Texaco Cup and Watney Cup. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
* The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total.
* Highlighted players members of the current squad.
Statistics correct as of match played 15 March 2025

### Table headers

* Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
* Stoke City career – The year of the player's first appearance for Stoke City to the year of his last appearance.
* Starts – The number of games started.
* Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
* Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
Positions key :
| Pre-1960s | Pre-1960s | Post-1960s | Post-1960s |
| GK | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |
| FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
| HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward | Forward | Forward |
| U | Utility player | Utility player | Utility player |
| Name | Nationality | Position | Stoke City career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
| Goals |||
| George Antonio | England | FW | 1935–1946 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 15 |
| Lawrie Leslie | Scotland | GK | 1963–1965 | 97 | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| Maurice Setters | England | HB | 1965–1967 | 97 | 0 | 97 | 5 |
| Ian Clarkson | England | DF | 1993–1996 | 91 | 5 | 96 | 0 |
| George Clawley | England | GK | 1894–1899 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| Carl Hoefkens | Belgium | DF | 2005–2007 | 93 | 3 | 96 | 5 |
| Bert Ralphs | England | MF | 1922–1925 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 6 |
| Ronnie Sinclair | Scotland | GK | 1991–1996 | 94 | 2 | 96 | 0 |
| Ally Pickering | England | DF | 1996–1999 | 93 | 2 | 95 | 1 |
| Sergei Shtanuk | Belarus | DF | 2001–2003 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 5 |
| Frank Whitehouse | England | FW | 1900–1904 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 24 |
| Vic Rouse | England | HB | 1922–1925 | 94 | 0 | 94 | 2 |
| Tony Ellis | England | FW | 1989–1992 | 75 | 18 | 93 | 20 |
| Joe Mawson | England | FW | 1928–1933 | 93 | 0 | 93 | 50 |
| Jackie Mudie | Scotland | FW | 1961–1963 | 93 | 0 | 93 | 33 |
| Leslie Johnston | Scotland | FW | 1949–1953 | 92 | 0 | 92 | 22 |
| Simon Sturridge | England | FW | 1993–1999 | 56 | 36 | 92 | 15 |
| Xherdan Shaqiri | Switzerland | FW | 2015–2018 | 87 | 5 | 92 | 15 |
| Harry Benson | England | FB | 1901–1907 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| Howard Kendall | England | MF | 1977–1979 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 10 |
| Gifton Noel-Williams | England | FW | 2003–2005 | 83 | 8 | 91 | 23 |
| Noel Blake | Jamaica | DF | 1990–1992 | 87 | 3 | 90 | 3 |
| Cyril Watkin | England | FB | 1948–1952 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| Justin Whittle | England | DF | 1994–1998 | 73 | 17 | 90 | 1 |
| Tommy Broad | England | MF | 1921–1924 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 4 |
| Jermaine Pennant | England | MF | 2010–2014 | 64 | 25 | 89 | 4 |
| Danny Pugh | England | MF | 2007–2012 | 52 | 37 | 89 | 3 |
| Tom Wilkes | England | GK | 1894–1897 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| Lee Dixon | England | DF | 1986–1988 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 5 |
| Peter Handyside | England | DF | 2001–2003 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 1 |
| Peter Hoekstra | Netherlands | MF | 2001–2004 | 73 | 15 | 88 | 12 |
| Geoff Scott | England | DF | 1977–1980 | 86 | 2 | 88 | 3 |
| Marcus Hall | England | FW | 2002–2005 | 84 | 3 | 87 | 1 |
| Joey Williams | England | FW | 1926–1929 | 86 | 0 | 86 | 17 |
| Sam Vokes | Wales | FW | 2019–2021 | 39 | 47 | 86 | 12 |
| Harry Brough | England | HB | 1922–1925 | 85 | 0 | 85 | 1 |
| George Gallimore | England | FW | 1903–1908 | 85 | 0 | 85 | 17 |
| Bojan Krkić | Spain | FW | 2014–2019 | 59 | 26 | 85 | 16 |
| John Eustace | England | MF | 2003–2008 | 63 | 21 | 84 | 6 |
| Abdoulaye Faye | Senegal | DF | 2008–2011 | 81 | 3 | 84 | 6 |
| Jimmy Grewer | Scotland | DF | 1894–1897 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 1 |
| Gary Hackett | England | MF | 1987–1989 | 73 | 11 | 84 | 7 |
| Mikael Hansson | Sweden | DF | 1999–2001 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 3 |
| Clint Hill | England | DF | 2003–2008 | 75 | 9 | 84 | 3 |
| Richard Cresswell | England | FW | 2007–2010 | 61 | 22 | 83 | 13 |
| Chris Greenacre | England | FW | 2002–2005 | 51 | 32 | 83 | 9 |
| Dick Johnson | England | FW | 1925–1928 | 83 | 0 | 83 | 25 |
| Neil Cutler | England | GK | 2001–2004 | 77 | 5 | 82 | 0 |
| Lewis Neal | England | MF | 2000–2005 | 35 | 47 | 82 | 3 |
| Steven Fletcher | Scotland | FW | 2020–2022 | 46 | 36 | 82 | 12 |
| Paul Peschisolido | Canada | FW | 1994–1996 | 73 | 8 | 81 | 24 |
| Bae Jun-ho | South Korea | MF | 2023– | 58 | 23 | 81 | 4 |
| John Cull | England | FW | 1925–1930 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 9 |
| James Hay | Scotland | MF | 1909–1911 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 1 |
| Josh Laurent | England | MF | 2022–2024 | 67 | 13 | 80 | 8 |
| Charlie Parker | England | DF | 1914–1920 | 79 | 0 | 79 | 5 |
| Ernie Millward | England | MF | 1908–1910 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 25 |
| Dave Regis | England | FW | 1992–1994 | 62 | 16 | 78 | 20 |
| Morgan Fox | Wales | DF | 2020–2023 | 72 | 6 | 78 | 0 |
| Wouter Burger | Netherlands | MF | 2023– | 67 | 11 | 78 | 5 |
| Sammy Irvine | Scotland | MF | 1978–1980 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 13 |
| Tom Kay | England | GK | 1919–1921 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 0 |
| Bert Gadsden | England | GK | 1912–1915 | 76 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| Roy John | Wales | MF | 1932–1934 | 76 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| Mike Sheron | England | FW | 1995–1997 | 71 | 5 | 76 | 39 |
| Carl Asaba | England | FW | 2003–2005 | 44 | 31 | 75 | 10 |
| Roy Brown | England | U | 1946–1953 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 14 |
| John Halls | England | DF | 2003–2006 | 72 | 2 | 74 | 2 |
| Peter Jackson | England | HB | 1924–1931 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 1 |
| David Oldfield | Australia | MF | 1998–2000 | 57 | 17 | 74 | 7 |
| Tom Revill | England | FW | 1910–1914 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 24 |
| George Kelly | Scotland | FW | 1955–1958 | 73 | 0 | 73 | 37 |
| Tony A.O. Kelly | England | FW | 1989–1993 | 41 | 32 | 73 | 8 |
| Arthur Lockett | England | FW | 1900–1903 | 73 | 0 | 73 | 7 |
| Fred Rouse | England | FW | 1903–1906 | 73 | 0 | 73 | 26 |
| Billy Dunn | Scotland | FW | 1889–1892 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 21 |
| Phil Robinson | England | MF | 1998–2000 | 61 | 10 | 72 | 2 |
| Marc Goodfellow | England | FW | 2000–2004 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 9 |
| Chris Kamara | England | DF | 1988–1990 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 7 |
| Eddie Stuart | South Africa | DF | 1962–1964 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 2 |
| James Chester | Wales | DF | 2020–2022 | 67 | 4 | 71 | 0 |
| Tony Henry | England | MF | 1987–1989 | 67 | 3 | 70 | 11 |
| Jack Kennedy | Scotland | FW | 1897–1900 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 12 |
| Harry Leigh | England | HB | 1909–1911 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 14 |
| Ryan Shotton | England | DF | 2008–2015 | 51 | 19 | 70 | 3 |
| Stephen Ireland | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2013–2018 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 6 |
| Harry Souttar | Australia | DF | 2017–2023 | 69 | 1 | 70 | 2 |
| Alf Edge | England | FW | 1884–1893 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 28 |
| Jimmie Robertson | Scotland | FW | 1892–1895 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 21 |
| Dean Crowe | England | FW | 1996–2001 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 13 |
| Billy Herbert | England | FW | 1912–1919 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 28 |
| Cameron Jerome | England | FW | 2011–2014 | 25 | 42 | 67 | 12 |
| Jack Robinson | England | GK | 1909–1912 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| Marc Muniesa | Spain | DF | 2013–2017 | 49 | 18 | 67 | 3 |
| Ade Akinbiyi | Nigeria | FW | 2003–2005 | 58 | 8 | 66 | 19 |
| Michael Rose | Scotland | DF | 2023– | 54 | 12 | 66 | 2 |
| Arthur Capes | England | FW | 1901–1904 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 20 |
| Mark Devlin | Scotland | MF | 1990–1997 | 47 | 18 | 65 | 2 |
| Peter Durber | England | DF | 1896–1901 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| Jack Eyres | England | FW | 1922–1928 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 23 |
| Mick Kennedy | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1990–1992 | 64 | 1 | 65 | 3 |
| Edward Parsons | England | HB | 1897–1900 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
| Ben Petty | England | DF | 1999–2001 | 40 | 25 | 65 | 1 |
| Stefan Thordarson | Iceland | FW | 2000–2002 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 11 |
| Lee Fowler | England | DF | 1987–1992 | 55 | 9 | 64 | 0 |
| Peter Griffiths | England | MF | 1980–1984 | 46 | 17 | 64 | 5 |
| Jack Short | England | DF | 1954–1956 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 2 |
| Brian Talbot | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 61 | 3 | 64 | 7 |
| David Watson | England | DF | 1982–1983 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 6 |
| James Westland | Scotland | FW | 1935–1938 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 16 |
| Glen Johnson | England | DF | 2015–2018 | 60 | 4 | 64 | 0 |
| Ewart Beswick | England | DF | 1921–1926 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 2 |
| Bill Capewell | England | HB | 1895–1902 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| Ted Evans | England | FW | 1891–1894 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 19 |
| Stewart Jump | England | DF | 1970–1973 | 55 | 8 | 63 | 2 |
| Jack Miller | England | MF | 1905–1907 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 5 |
| Jimmy Turner | England | MF | 1894–1900 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
| Phil Bardsley | Scotland | DF | 2014–2017 | 59 | 5 | 63 | 5 |
| Jack Bonham | Republic of Ireland | GK | 2021– | 62 | 1 | 63 | 0 |
| Eddie Clamp | England | HB | 1962–1964 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 2 |
| Bill Finney | England | FW | 1952–1955 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 15 |
| Arthur Rowley | England | HB | 1896–1899 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| Ki-Jana Hoever | Netherlands | DF | 2023–2024 | 51 | 10 | 61 | 8 |
| Peter Beagrie | England | MF | 1988–1989 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 8 |
| Derrick Ward | England | FW | 1952–1961 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 9 |
| Dick Williams | England | GK | 1926–1929 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| Viv Busby | England | FW | 1977–1980 | 38 | 22 | 60 | 12 |
| Scott Barrett | England | GK | 1987–1990 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| Danny Collins | Wales | DF | 2009–2012 | 52 | 8 | 60 | 0 |
| Carl Dickinson | England | DF | 2004–2011 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 0 |
| John Dreyer | England | DF | 1994–1996 | 42 | 18 | 60 | 4 |
| Paul A. Johnson | England | MF | 1975–1982 | 54 | 6 | 60 | 0 |
| Gerry McMahon | Northern Ireland | MF | 1996–1998 | 44 | 16 | 60 | 3 |
| Joe Turner | England | FW | 1898–1900 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 15 |
| Jurgen Vandeurzen | Belgium | MF | 2001–2003 | 49 | 11 | 60 | 5 |
| Andy Clark | Scotland | FB | 1901–1903 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| David McAughtrie | Scotland | DF | 1980–1984 | 56 | 3 | 59 | 3 |
| Brian Siddall | England | MF | 1950–1953 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 10 |
| Wilmot Turner | England | FW | 1890–1892 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 22 |
| Ed de Goey | Netherlands | GK | 2003–2006 | 56 | 2 | 58 | 0 |
| Graham Potter | England | DF | 1993–1996 | 53 | 5 | 58 | 1 |
| Wilf Hall | England | GK | 1954–1960 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| Ian Moores | England | FW | 1974–1976 | 46 | 11 | 57 | 16 |
| Dai Nicholas | Wales | MF | 1921–1924 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 4 |
| Harry Ware | England | FW | 1930–1934 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 15 |
| Arthur Hartshorne | England | FB | 1903–1905 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| Tommy Howe | England | DF | 1921–1925 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
| Robbie James | Wales | MF | 1983–1984 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 |
| Joe Murphy | England | FW | 1897–1899 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
| Jack Proctor | England | DF | 1891–1893 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
| Gerry Taggart | Northern Ireland | DF | 2003–2006 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 5 |
| Steve Waddington | England | MF | 1976–1979 | 53 | 3 | 56 | 6 |
| Philipp Wollscheid | Germany | DF | 2015–2017 | 55 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
| Saido Berahino | Burundi | FW | 2017–2019 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 5 |
| Luke Chadwick | England | MF | 2005–2007 | 50 | 5 | 55 | 6 |
| Jack Hall | England | FW | 1904–1906 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 18 |
| Harold Hardman | England | FW | 1911–1913 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 10 |
| Joe Kasher | England | DF | 1922–1923 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
| Kevin Russell | England | FW | 1992–1993 | 44 | 11 | 55 | 7 |
| Tuncay | Turkey | FW | 2009–2011 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 8 |
| Ibrahim Afellay | Netherlands | MF | 2015–2019 | 34 | 21 | 55 | 3 |
| Bill Bentley | England | DF | 1964–1968 | 49 | 4 | 53 | 2 |
| Leon Cort | England | DF | 2007–2010 | 50 | 3 | 53 | 8 |
| Wilson Palacios | Honduras | MF | 2011–2015 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 0 |
| Bryan Small | England | DF | 1998–2001 | 47 | 5 | 53 | 0 |
| Bill Winstanley | England | DF | 1935–1938 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Josef Bursik | England | GK | 2020–2023 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Junior Tchamadeu | Cameroon | DF | 2023– | 41 | 12 | 53 | 0 |
| David Brown | Scotland | FW | 1919–1921 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 17 |
| Wally McReddie | Scotland | FW | 1889–1894 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 14 |
| Alan Philpott | England | MF | 1960–1968 | 47 | 5 | 52 | 2 |
| Albert Pitt | England | HB | 1903–1912 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 5 |
| George Smart | England | DF | 1911–1920 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| Lewis Ballham | England | FW | 1890–1892 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 15 |
| Ben Pearson | England | MF | 2023– | 42 | 10 | 52 | 0 |
| Tony Bentley | England | MF | 1958–1961 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 15 |
| Wilf Kirkham | England | FW | 1929–1931 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 30 |
| Paul Randall | England | FW | 1978–1980 | 41 | 10 | 51 | 8 |
| Peter Etebo | Nigeria | MF | 2018–2022 | 40 | 11 | 51 | 2 |
| Tom Edwards | England | DF | 2017–2024 | 46 | 5 | 51 | 1 |
| Benik Afobe | DR Congo | FW | 2018–2022 | 38 | 13 | 51 | 9 |
| Billy Leech | England | HB | 1900–1901 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
| Sam Meredith | Wales | DF | 1901–1904 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Lee Gregory | England | FW | 2019–2021 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 7 |
| Phil Jagielka | England | DF | 2022–2023 | 48 | 2 | 50 | 2 |
| Dwight Gayle | England | FW | 2022–2024 | 36 | 14 | 50 | 3 |
| Dave Bamber | England | FW | 1988–1989 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 11 |
| Rikhardur Dadason | Iceland | FW | 2000–2002 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 12 |
| Tommy Hyslop | Scotland | FW | 1894–1895 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 30 |
| Derek Statham | England | DF | 1989–1991 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| Arthur Arrowsmith | England | FW | 1906–1907 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 9 |
| Peter Bullock | England | FW | 1958–1962 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 16 |
| Paul Connor | England | FW | 1999–2001 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 10 |
| Cecil Eastwood | England | DF | 1926–1927 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| David Herd | Scotland | FW | 1968–1970 | 43 | 5 | 48 | 11 |
| Paul Gallagher | Scotland | FW | 2005–2008 | 37 | 10 | 47 | 12 |
| Jack Peart | England | FW | 1909–1912 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 41 |
| Bob Ramsay | England | FB | 1888–1890 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 5 |
| Steven Tweed | Scotland | DF | 1997–1998 | 42 | 5 | 47 | 0 |
| Nathan Collins | Republic of Ireland | DF | 2019–2021 | 33 | 14 | 47 | 2 |
| Lynden Gooch | United States | DF | 2023– | 30 | 17 | 47 | 2 |
| Danny Bowers | England | DF | 1974–1978 | 41 | 5 | 46 | 2 |
| Jack Challinor | England | FB | 1937–1938 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Kris Commons | Scotland | MF | 2001–2004 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 5 |
| Frederick Groves | England | FW | 1921–1922 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 13 |
| Richard Herron | England | GK | 1910–1915 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Mark Higgins | England | DF | 1988–1989 | 44 | 2 | 46 | 1 |
| Terry Ward | England | DF | 1959–1963 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Will Smallbone | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2022–2023 | 40 | 6 | 46 | 3 |
| Arthur Cartlidge | England | GK | 1899–1912 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Ellis Hall | England | DF | 1909–1910 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 4 |
| Neil MacKenzie | England | MF | 1996–2001 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 1 |
| Derek Parkin | England | DF | 1982–1983 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Vincent Péricard | France | FW | 2006–2009 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 4 |
| Ramadan Sobhi | Egypt | MF | 2016–2018 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 3 |
| Jordan Cousins | England | MF | 2019–2021 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 0 |
| Million Manhoef | Netherlands | FW | 2024– | 32 | 13 | 45 | 9 |
| Archie Dyke | England | MF | 1909–1914 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
| Ted Holdcroft | England | HB | 1903–1905 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 11 |
| Anders Jacobsen | Norway | DF | 1999–2000 | 39 | 5 | 44 | 2 |
| Tony A.G. Kelly | England | MF | 1984–1986 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 4 |
| Frode Kippe | Norway | DF | 1999–2001 | 40 | 4 | 44 | 1 |
| Mick Mills | England | DF | 1985–1987 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Sammy Smyth | Northern Ireland | FW | 1951–1953 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 19 |
| Loek Ursem | Netherlands | MF | 1978–1982 | 36 | 8 | 44 | 7 |
| Jackie Chalmers | Scotland | FW | 1905–1907 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 19 |
| Ezekiel Johnston | Ireland | GK | 1896–1898 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| André Vidigal | Portugal | MF | 2023– | 20 | 23 | 43 | 7 |
| Lewis Koumas | Wales | MF | 2024– | 31 | 12 | 43 | 6 |
| Marlon Broomes | England | DF | 2005–2008 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| Jack Farrell | England | FW | 1894–1899 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 12 |
| Andy Graver | England | FW | 1955–1957 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 14 |
| Tommy Thompson | England | FW | 1961–1963 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 18 |
| Darren Fletcher | Scotland | MF | 2017–2019 | 32 | 10 | 42 | 2 |
| Enda Stevens | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2023– | 33 | 9 | 42 | 0 |
| Tony Dorigo | England | DF | 2000–2001 | 39 | 2 | 41 | 0 |
| Harry Meakin | England | FB | 1946–1950 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Chris Short | England | DF | 1998–2000 | 38 | 3 | 41 | 0 |
| Peter Sweeney | Scotland | MF | 2005–2008 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 2 |
| Mikel John Obi | Nigeria | MF | 2020–2021 | 38 | 3 | 41 | 0 |
| Adam Davies | Wales | GK | 2019–2022 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Luke McNally | Republic of Ireland | DF | 2023–2024 | 37 | 4 | 41 | 2 |
| Viktor Johansson | Sweden | GK | 2024– | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| James Beattie | England | FW | 2008–2010 | 29 | 11 | 40 | 10 |
| Sam Johnson | England | DF | 1924–1926 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Dave Kitson | England | FW | 2008–2010 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 5 |
| Steve Woods | England | DF | 1994–1999 | 39 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
| Neil Adams | England | MF | 1985–1986 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 4 |
| Samuel Ashworth | England | DF | 1901–1903 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Arthur Box | England | GK | 1907–1909 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Jon Parkin | England | FW | 2007–2008 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 6 |
| Ryan Woods | England | MF | 2018–2021 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 0 |
| Charles Baker | England | FW | 1889–1894 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 13 |
| Tom Coxon | England | FB | 1993–1994 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 6 |
| Henry Hargreaves | England | MF | 1912–1915 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| Ian Scott | England | MF | 1989–1992 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 2 |
| Jack Whitley | England | GK | 1904–1905 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Andrew Moran | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2024– | 29 | 9 | 38 | 4 |
| Lloyd Davies | Wales | FB | 1903–1907 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| Harry Hutsby | England | DF | 1908–1910 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Joe Hutton | Scotland | FW | 1953–1957 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 8 |
| John Lenaghan | England | FW | 1911–1913 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 10 |
| Alan Maxwell | Scotland | FW | 1895–1896 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| Billy Twemlow | England | FB | 1919–1921 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| Kurt Zouma | France | DF | 2017–2018 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
| Ashley Williams | Wales | DF | 2018–2019 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 1 |
| Oussama Assaidi | Morocco | MF | 2013–2015 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 5 |
| John Walker | England | HB | 1924–1925 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Donald Whiston | England | MF | 1949–1956 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 5 |
| Tom Bailey | England | HB | 1912–1915 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Kenny Campbell | Scotland | GK | 1923–1925 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Joe Clennell | England | FW | 1925–1926 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 9 |
| Jimmy Hill | Scotland | FW | 1897–1898 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 13 |
| Jimmy McAlinden | Northern Ireland | FW | 1947–1948 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| Harry Mellor | England | FW | 1897–1899 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
| Lee Grant | England | GK | 2016–2018 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Mario Vrančić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | MF | 2021–2022 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 3 |
| Hughie Clifford | Scotland | HB | 1890–1893 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Jeff Cook | England | FW | 1977–1981 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 7 |
| Paul Johnson | England | DF | 1977–1981 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Mike Macari | Scotland | FW | 1996–1997 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 3 |
| Iain Munro | Scotland | MF | 1980–1981 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Doug Newlands | Scotland | MF | 1959–1960 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 8 |
| Henrik Risom | Denmark | DF | 2000–2001 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 0 |
| Simon Stainrod | England | FW | 1987–1988 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 7 |
| John Gayle | England | FW | 1995–1997 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 4 |
| Charles Hallam | England | FW | 1924–1926 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| George Jarvis | Scotland | FW | 1919–1920 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
| Dick Smith | England | FW | 1913–1915 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 21 |
| Elijah Smith | England | HB | 1883–1890 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Louis Williams | England | DF | 1907–1908 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Mehdi Léris | Algeria | MF | 2023–2024 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 3 |
| Arthur Jepson | England | GK | 1946–1948 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Rathbone | England | GK | 1907–1911 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | Cameroon | FW | 2017–2018 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 5 |
| William Bradbury | England | HB | 1910–1911 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| William Cope | England | FB | 1907–1908 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Harry Crossthwaite | England | HB | 1920–1921 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| William Davies | England | FW | 1907–1909 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 16 |
| Bobby Irvine | Northern Ireland | GK | 1963–1966 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Alec McClure | England | DF | 1980–1984 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| John Shirley | England | FW | 1927–1929 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 11 |
| John Tudor | England | FW | 1976–1977 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 3 |
| Peter Odemwingie | Nigeria | FW | 2014–2016 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 5 |
| Ryan Mmaee | Morocco | FW | 2023– | 21 | 10 | 31 | 5 |
| Ashley Phillips | England | DF | 2024– | 31 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Daniel Johnson | Jamaica | MF | 2023–2024 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 2 |
| Paul Barnes | England | FW | 1990–1992 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 5 |
| Gerry Daly | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1987–1988 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 3 |
| Kevin Harper | Scotland | MF | 2005–2007 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 1 |
| Tommy Kiernan | Scotland | FW | 1947–1948 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 7 |
| George Shutt | England | HB | 1883–1889 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Sammy Bangoura | Guinea | FW | 2005–2007 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 9 |
| Freddie Brown | England | FW | 1906–1907 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
| Ernest Hodkin | England | HB | 1911–1913 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Jimmy Jones | England | FW | 1899–1900 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 9 |
| Hannes Sigurðsson | Iceland | FW | 2005–2006 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 1 |
| Gabriel Zakuani | DR Congo | DF | 2006–2008 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 0 |
| Jack Tennant | England | DF | 1930–1939 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Romaine Sawyers | Saint Kitts and Nevis | MF | 2021–2022 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 3 |
| Eric Bocat | France | DF | 2024– | 20 | 9 | 29 | 0 |
| Dave Goodwin | England | FW | 1973–1977 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 3 |
| Graham Harbey | England | DF | 1992–1993 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Lee Hendrie | England | MF | 1903–1905 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| Charles Kelly | England | FW | 1923–1925 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| Percy Knott | England | GK | 1920–1925 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| John Lumsdon | England | DF | 1975–1978 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Keith Scott | England | FW | 1994–1995 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
| Giannelli Imbula | France | MF | 2016–2020 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| Dujon Sterling | England | DF | 2022–2023 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Terry Lees | England | MF | 1969–1973 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 0 |
| John Cunliffe | England | MF | 1959–1960 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Billy McIntosh | Scotland | FW | 1951–1953 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| Jimmy McColl | Scotland | FW | 1920–1921 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Matthew Upson | England | DF | 2011–2013 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 3 |
| Joselu | Spain | FW | 2015–2017 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 4 |
| Badou Ndiaye | Senegal | MF | 2018–2021 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| Tatsuki Seko | Japan | MF | 2024– | 20 | 7 | 27 | 0 |
| Michael Kightly | England | MF | 2012–2014 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 3 |
| Harold Taylor | England | FW | 1929–1931 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 11 |
| Moritz Bauer | Austria | DF | 2018–2021 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Niall Ennis | England | FW | 2024– | 9 | 17 | 26 | 2 |
| David Gregory | England | FW | 1977–1978 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 4 |
| John McGillivray | England | HB | 1911–1912 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dominic Matteo | Scotland | DF | 2006–2009 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Clement Smith | England | MF | 1937–1939 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
| Paul Stewart | England | FW | 1997–1998 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| Fred Tomlinson | England | FW | 1909–1910 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Tom Cannon | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2024–2025 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 11 |
| Nathan Lowe | England | FW | 2023– | 8 | 17 | 25 | 2 |